Winemaker Notes
Blandy's Sercial 1975 was aged for 40 years in seasoned
American oak casks and as with all the family’s vintages, this wine started its ageing process in the warm high attic floors of the lodge in the center of Funchal. Over the 40 years, the wine passed down from the warmer top floor of the Blandy’s Wine Lodge where it spent the first 5 years, to the second floor for 20 years and finally to the cooler first for the remaining 15 years.
Professional Ratings
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Decanter
Exquisite savoury toasted almond, marmalade, rich fruitcake and sweet orange aromas mingle with some spice, smoke and honeyed blossom notes. A wonderful mouth-coating complexity of dried apricot, toasted hazelnut, Brazil nuts and a constant lemon and lime seam brings on a refreshing saline finish.
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Wine Spectator
Offers mouthfilling richness, with flavors of dried apricot, pear tart, roasted pineapple and ginger snap that are long and complex. Medium-dry, showing lots of freshness to the slate, spice and mineral accents. Dried citrus details emerge on the zesty finish. Drink now through 2040.
A steep, volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean that rises to over 6,000 feet at its highest point, Madeira actually sits closer to Morocco than Portugal, the country to which it belongs.
Today the vineyards of the island cover tiny step-like terraces called poios, carved from the basalt bedrock. Aptly named Madeira, this fortified wine comes in two main styles. Blended Madeira is mostly inexpensive wine but there are a few remarkable aged styles. Single varietal Madeira (made from Sercial, Verdelho, Boal or Malmsey), is usually the highest quality and has the potential to improve in the bottle for decades.
WWH140728_1975 Item# 183273